us. we'll see you in about 30 minutes for abc7 news at 6:00. tonight, the historic move by house democrats. preparing to impeach president trump for a second time in the wake of the deadly siege on the u.s. capitol. the single article of impeachment expected on the house floor on monday. 180 lawmakers, all democrats, signing on. accusing the president of, quote, willfully inciting violence against the government. a growing number of republicans now joining calls to remove president trump from office. the hunt for rioters. stretching from coast to coast. several for suspects arrested. authorities say the man photographed in war paint and horns now in federal custody. and the new video of the suspect seen inside house speaker nancy pelosi's office. the moment he turned himself in. also developing tonight, the plane crash disaster overseas.

the passenger jet with 62 people onboard going off the radar just four minutes after takeoff. debris found in the water. the plane plummeting more than 10,000 feet in just 30 seconds. devastating news tonight about the coronavirus. more than 370,000 deaths in the u.s. hard-hit california reporting its deadliest day. hospitals overrun with covid patients. a woman with meningitis laying on the pavement outside, unable to get in. and that highly contagious variant from the uk now reported in at least eight states. all of this as frustration grows over the vaccine's slow rollout. also tonight, the latest in that hotel attack here in new york city. the suspect in handcuffs brought back from california. she's now facing multiple charges after being seen on video tackling a black teenager who she wrongly accused of stealing her iphone. and rising from the ashes. the community rallying around a family who lost everything

in a christmas day fire. good evening. thanks for joining us on this saturday. i'm tom llamas. we begin tonight with the tremendous pressure building on president trump to either resign or be removed from office for igniting the deadly siege at the u.s. capitol. democrats say they will submit an article of impeachment on monday, accusing the president of incitement of insurrection. president trump out of sight at the white house today. he's now banned from twitter and most social media. twitter pointing to the risk of a further incitement of violence and warning about new threats before president-elect biden's inauguration. democrats and a growing number of republicans blaming him for unleashing the attack on the government by his own supporters. five people died in the siege, including a capitol police officer. authorities announcing more arrests have been made. the suspected rioter seen

carrying speaker nancy pelosi's podium among those now in custody. tonight, the president's support crumbling in his final days in office, just 11 days left in his term. lawmakers on both sides saying he needs to leave now. abc's white house correspondent rachel scott leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, house democrats announcing they will move forward with plans to impeach president trump for a second time, something that's never happened before in u.s. history. >> you'll never take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength, and you have to be strong. >> reporter: the single article of impeachment -- incitement of insurrection -- set to be introduced on the house floor monday, charging trump with willfully inciting violence against the government by urging his followers -- to march to the capital. >> we need fresh patriots in the front! >> they listened to him. they attempted a violent overthrow of congress while we were trying to accept the certified electoral college results. if this is not impeachable

conduct, then nothing is. >> reporter: at least 180 representatives signing on, all democrats. >> sadly, the person who's running the executive branch is a deranged, unhinged, dangerous president of the united states, and only a number of days until we can be protected from him. >> reporter: senator bernie sanders writing, some people ask, why would you impeach and convict a president who has only a few days left in office? the answer, precedent. it must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the u.s. government. though democrats say some republicans have committed to impeach, only a handful of gop lawmakers have publicly supported the idea of removing trump from office. >> all indications are that the president has become unmoored, not just from his duty or even his oath, but from reality itself. >> i do think the president committed impeachable offenses,

but i don't know what is going to land on the senate floor, if anything. >> reporter: it would be up to the next senate to consider an impeachment trial, which could happen in the first days of the biden administration. legal experts say president trump could still be convicted even after he leaves office. >> it's actually possible to impeach a former official, not just a sitting official. the impeachment has another potential consequence -- it would prevent him from seeking and obtaining the nomination to run for president again in 2024 or to hold other federal public office. >> reporter: the president isolated in the white house and fuming. sources tell abc news he regrets condemning the violence, and now he's lost his biggest political tool. twitter permanently suspending his account due to the risk of further incitement for violence. in his last tweet, the president declaring he would not attend the inauguration. tonight we're learning vice president mike pence will be there. a move supported by president-elect joe biden. >> the vice president is welcome to come. ooi i'd be honored to have him

there. >> rachel scott joins us now from the white house. i want to turn to a developing headline. we know the president tried to pressure georgia's secretary of state to overturn election results there. we heard it in that leaked phone call. now we're learning in a new report the pressure campaign was perhaps more widespread? >> reporter: tom, this report coming from "the wall street journal" tonight. they say president trump was frustrated with atlanta's top prosecutor for not doing more to fight to overturn an election that he overwhelmingly lost and that white house officials pushed that attorney to step down. he did resign just one day before those critical runoff elections there in georgia. tonight the white house, the department of justice, and the u.s. attorney's office there in northern georgia is declining to comment. tom? >> rachel scott leading us off tonight. rachel, thank you. there is now a nationwide manhunt under way for every rioter breaching the capitol building. authorities making more arrests. the fbi going through photos and videos, many posted by the rioters themselves, allegedly showing them in the act. many of their faces now seen

around the world. here's kenneth moton. >> reporter: tonight, new arrests for that mob of pro-trump rioters at the capitol. jacob chansley, aka jake angeli, allegedly seen roaming the halls of the capitol with war paint, horns and a bearskin headdress, carrying a spear, taken into federal custody in arizona. charged with knowingly entering a restricted building, violent entry, and disorderly conduct. adam johnson of florida charged with theft of government property after he was allegedly spotted carrying house speaker nancy pelosi's lectern. and richard barnett, who posed for pictures with his feet propped up on pelosi's desk, turning himself in to authorities in arkansas. federal prosecutors charging him with theft of public money, property or records. >> the activities of those involved in the siege of our capitol were violent. they were destructive. those actions cannot be tolerated, and those people must be held accountable. >> reporter: douglas jensen from des moines also in custody, charged with picketing the capitol and obstructing a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder. according to local reports, he's

the man front and center in this viral video of the crowd face-to-face with a capitol police officer. >> trump! trump! >> reporter: even a state lawmaker is in trouble. >> derrick evans is in the capitol! >> reporter: a criminal complaint alleges newly elected west virginia state delegate derrick evans was live-streaming as he entered the capitol. tonight, evans resigning, saying he takes full responsibility for his actions. some rioters facing even more serious charges for the violent and deadly attack. authorities still looking for this pipe bomb suspect. alabama resident lonnie coffman arrested friday. d.c. police say he was armed with a military-style semi-automatic rifle and 11 molotov cocktails. according to a complaint, coffman later denied knowing anything about the bombs. before the chaos, donald trump jr. posting this now deleted behind the scenes video of the trump rally watching the crowd. >> we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> reporter: that rallying cry to supporters from president

trump, his family, and allies like rudy guiliani. >> let's have trial by combat! >> reporter: tonight, a senior justice department official says no incitement charges are expected against any of those speakers. >> kenneth moton joins us now from washington. kenneth, i know you have some new reporting on how members of congress will now be traveling because of what has occurred since the siege on the capital with senators and representatives being harassed and threatened? >> reporter: tom, we have learned capitol police will be teaming up with other authorities, including u.s. air marshals, to provide protection for members of congress. the move coming after lawmakers like gop senator lindsey graham were confronted by screaming trump supporters at local airports, angry that congress certified joe biden's win after that siege. tom? >> kenneth moton reporting from washington. great to have you on the show tonight. now to the major story unfolding overseas, a boeing 737 passenger jet crashing off indonesia. the tower losing contact just four minutes after takeoff.

the plane in a terrifying plunge. debris spotted in the water tonight. rescuers forced to suspend the search for survives for now. abc's gio benitez covers aviation for us. >> reporter: tonight, the wreckage from the doomed indonesian jetliner discovered in the java sea. the boeing 737 taking off at 2:36 p.m., losing contact with the tower after four minutes. the plane plummeting a harrowing 10,000 feet in roughly 30 seconds. grieving family members rushing to the airport. 62 people on board, including 7 children and 3 infants. the flight taking off from the same airport as the october 2018 lion air crash, which killed 189. that plane, a 737 max, grounded for safety problems for two years. today's deadly accident involving an older boeing model. the navy deploying 11 ships to locate remains and the black boxes, which will hold key clues to the cause. >> it was a third string

hand-me-down aircraft, 26 years old. so, we know that maintenance on aircrafts in indonesia has been poor and has come out as a factor in past crashes. so one of the things investigators will look at -- was there a catastrophic failure? was there something in the way they did maintenance? >> gio benitez joins you now live. i want to go back to something you mentioned in the report, something that will likely become part of the investigation, that sudden plunge, more than 10 feet in just 30 seconds? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, tom. that drop was steep, it was fast. so clearly something dramatic happened here. search and rescue teams just recovered parts of the fuselage, so this investigation is just getting started, tom. >> gio benitez with that breaking news for us tonight. gio, thank you. back here at home and the alarming news tonight about the coronavirus. devastating at every level. the u.s. reporting more than 371,000 american lives lost. nearly 2 million cases now. california reporting its deadliest day. hospitals so overwhelmed, non-covid patients are

struggling to get inside. ambulances waiting up to 17 hours to bring in patients. new york with three more cases of that uk variant of the virus. it's now in at least eight states. and responding to frustrations, governors now trying to speed up vaccinations. abc's zohreen shah is in l.a. >> reporter: tonight, this chilling scene of a 24-year-old woman huddled in a blanket, laying on a pavement sick with meningitis. feet away from her, a southern california hospital filled with covid patients, unable to make space for just one more. >> the fact there's literally no beds available and admission times are very elongated -- it's what you see in movies. i never thought it was that bad. >> reporter: one los angeles emt describing wait times of up to 17 hours to bring in some of the sickest. hospitals slammed. cedar sinai doctor sam torbati hasn't had a day off in three weeks. >> it takes so much effort and energy to take care of them, and

our staff, they're burning out. >> reporter: across the country, long lines and mounting frustration over the vaccine's slow rollout. more than 6 million doses administered. just 30% of the number distributed. new york city opening five vaccination sites on monday. the state expanding the list of who can get the shot next, including day care employees, firefighters, and police officers, and people over the age of 75. but it could take 14 weeks, nearly 4 months, to vaccinate just those groups. >> just because the reservation's become available, don't expect everyone is going to get a reservation right away. >> reporter: in tennessee, the lynns arriving in their camper at 5:30 in the morning. >> i want to get a vaccine any way i can. >> reporter: back in california, the state marking its deadliest day of the pandemic -- nearly 700 dead. 30-year-old nurse and mom of five, ashley gomez, battling the virus while pregnant. her baby made it. ashley did not. >> she got to see just the

picture. so she didn't even get a chance to hold him, to kiss him or anything. >> reporter: and tom, that l.a. doctor we spoke to tonight saying we still haven't seen the full effect in these hospitals from christmas and new year's. tom? >> hard to fathom. zohreen, thank you for that report. overseas, the coronavirus out of control in london. the mayor declaring a major incident. that's an alert reserved for the most severe crisis facing that city. case soaring out of control. hospitals nearly out of beds. firefighters now have to drive ambulances. julia macfarlane is in london. >> reporter: tonight, a new state of emergency in britain's capital. london's mayor declaring a major incident, a designation normally invoked for situations like terror attacks. as soaring pandemic numbers push england's covid hospitalizations more than 30% higher than their peak last spring, the mayor

warning, we will run out of beds for patients in the next couple of weeks unless the spread of the virus slows down drastically. adding, in some london districts, the virus now infecting 1 in 20 people. london firefighters volunteering to drive ambulances. elective surgeries are being postponed, but some admissions cannot be put on hold. >> i am due to give birth tomorrow. we didn't obviously assume that it would be -- there would be a second variant in london, which is superspreading at the moment of my due date. >> reporter: britain has vaccinated more people than any of its european neighbors, but the vaccine rollout will continue to take many more months, and hospitals are at risk of collapse in just a matter of weeks. tom? >> julia macfarlane with a chilling look at what's happening in london. julia, thank you. much more ahead on "world news tonight" this saturday. the new developments in that hotel attack here in new york city. the new images coming in. and the fireball explosion -- a truck slamming into a propane tank. why weather may have been a factor. we'll explain.

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tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00, new arrests in the rampage at the capitol and the growing calls for president trump's removal. calls for a local official to resign. what he told abc 7 news about posts made on social media. and the bay area's stay-at-home order is being extended. it is all next at 6:00. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. nor fall-out from the riot ot the capitol that left at least five people dead. law enforcement identifying those responsible as pressure mounts on the president. with that, we say good evening and thank you for joining us. developing news out of washington where the calls are growing for president trump's removal following the insurrection at the capitol on

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